BIGSOUND registrations and BIGSOUND Live showcase applications are now open for the September 11-13 event, which is held over three days annually in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. BIGSOUND is Australia’s leading international music industry conference and showcase and draws a growing contingent of musicians, managers, buyers, industry experts and music lovers to meet, learn, and discover

The Australia Council of the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2013 International Pathways grants. The funding program supports international touring by Australian musicians and provides up to $20,000 for artists and their manager undertaking international tours of five dates or more in at least three different cities or towns. Critically acclaimed singer songwriter

Three years ago a group of independent and impassioned, non-politically aligned music lovers came together to form a volunteer run, self-funded collective called Save Live Australia’s Music, or SLAM for short. Sadly for Melbourne, the introduction of Victoria’s Liquor Licensing polices in 2010 unjustly linked live music to ‘high risk’ activities such as violence. This

Calling all emerging music managers, label owners, publicists, promoters, music journalists, festival organizers, freelancers and arts practitioners! MusicNSW is offering five NSW-based start-up music businesses an opportunity to rent our newly installed Hot Desks, located exclusively within the MusicNSW offices at the City of Sydney Oxford St Cultural Quarter. Since relocating to our new office

Applications for the 2013 APRA Professional Development Awards have now closed and APRA/AMCOS have revealed their Top 200 shortlist in the second round. The PDA awards aim to provide financial assistant to artists who have been working on on building their music careerrs, but need some financial backing in order oto take the next step. Most recently

MusicNSW’s all ages project Indent are very excited because they have now selected the successful young event teams who will be recieving funding as part of our 2013 Indent Partnership Grants program! The Indent Partnership Grants provide young people with skills, resources and support to stage their own events, take control of their local all ages scene and

THE AMPS have announced their shortlisted artists for the 8th Australian Music Prize Awards. The AMP awards recognise Australian artists who have produced high quality albums with outstanding creativity. Artists from across the country were invited to submit their full length albums which was then judged by a panel of artists. media and industry. In

MusicNSW is excited to announce three new rounds of Quick Response Grants for 2013. The Quick Response Grants support artists and managers in developing their export and international support opportunities, and has been significant in assisting many artists in achieving their touring and showcasing goals. Quick Response Funding is a grant stream developed to support

Drum Column (January 14th-19th) written by MusicNSW’s Emily Blackburn.  There have been murmurs circulating around the Labor camps that they are looking to increase the current Newstart allowance and this could have major implications within the Australian music industry. According to the Music Victoria ‘Barriers to Career Progression’ study from 2011, around 13% of musicians

Photo of 107 Projects, the winners of Best Collective. Photo courtesy of FBi Radio taken by Warren Rivas Photography.  On Thursday January 17 some of our city’s most talented, passionate and creative minds came together for the Sydney Music Art & Culture (SMAC) Awards, held at Carriageworks in Redfern. The award show was hosted by local